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The Associated PressA county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples last year is asking a federal judge not to make her pay legal fees for the couples who sued her. Kim Davis Disputes Paying Legal Fees for Couples Who Sued Herhttp://wkms.org/post/kim-davis-disputes-paying-legal-fees-couples-who-sued-her
70275 as http://wkms.orgWed, 02 Nov 2016 22:06:18 +0000Kim Davis Disputes Paying Legal Fees for Couples Who Sued HerThe Kentucky House has passed a bill that would create one marriage license form for both gay and straight couples in an effort to defuse controversy over the licensing of gay marriages. Ky. House Passes Bill to Create One Marriage Licensehttp://wkms.org/post/ky-house-passes-bill-create-one-marriage-license
60257 as http://wkms.orgFri, 25 Mar 2016 18:48:02 +0000Ky. House Passes Bill to Create One Marriage LicenseAssociated PressA Kentucky House committee has advanced a bill to create a single marriage license form for gay and straight couples. The proposal drew bipartisan support and is backed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Bipartisan Push for One Marriage License Form Advances in Househttp://wkms.org/post/bipartisan-push-one-marriage-license-form-advances-house
60165 as http://wkms.orgWed, 23 Mar 2016 19:29:34 +0000Bipartisan Push for One Marriage License Form Advances in HouseJacob RyanThree advocates for LGBT rights who were arrested last year at the state fair’s Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast & Auction have filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky State Police. LGBT Advocates Sue Over Kentucky State Fair Arrestshttp://wkms.org/post/lgbt-advocates-sue-over-kentucky-state-fair-arrests
58222 as http://wkms.orgTue, 09 Feb 2016 01:00:03 +0000LGBT Advocates Sue Over Kentucky State Fair ArrestsRyland BartonA federal judge has ordered the state of Kentucky to pay more than $1 million to the attorneys who sued the state over its same-sex marriage ban, eventually taking it to the Supreme Court. Kentucky to Pay $1.1 Million to Lawyers In Same-Sex Marriage Casehttp://wkms.org/post/kentucky-pay-11-million-lawyers-same-sex-marriage-case
57179 as http://wkms.orgThu, 14 Jan 2016 16:33:17 +0000Kentucky to Pay $1.1 Million to Lawyers In Same-Sex Marriage CaseRyland BartonA key state legislator on the ex-felon voting rights issue says Gov. Matt Bevin contradicted his own logic on two high-profile issues addressed through executive orders. Legislator: Bevin Contradicts Himself on Voting Rights, Marriage Licenseshttp://wkms.org/post/legislator-bevin-contradicts-himself-voting-rights-marriage-licenses
56413 as http://wkms.orgThu, 24 Dec 2015 16:43:57 +0000Legislator: Bevin Contradicts Himself on Voting Rights, Marriage LicensesRyland BartonA federal judge has ordered Gov. Steve Beshear to weigh in on whether altered marriage licenses issued by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis are valid. Judge Orders Beshear To Weigh In On Altered Rowan County Marriage Licenseshttp://wkms.org/post/judge-orders-beshear-weigh-altered-rowan-county-marriage-licenses
53495 as http://wkms.orgThu, 15 Oct 2015 10:02:08 +0000Judge Orders Beshear To Weigh In On Altered Rowan County Marriage LicensesRyland BartonPope Francis met with embattled Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis during his stop in Washington, D.C. last week. Pope Francis Met With Rowan County Clerk Kim Davishttp://wkms.org/post/pope-francis-met-rowan-county-clerk-kim-davis
52880 as http://wkms.orgWed, 30 Sep 2015 21:13:11 +0000Pope Francis Met With Rowan County Clerk Kim DavisRyland Barton Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has gotten national attention for her refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but two other Kentucky county clerks have adopted similar policies in recent months. Kim Davis Isn't The Only Kentucky Clerk Protesting Same-Sex Marriagehttp://wkms.org/post/kim-davis-isnt-only-kentucky-clerk-protesting-same-sex-marriage
52761 as http://wkms.orgMon, 28 Sep 2015 10:45:16 +0000Kim Davis Isn't The Only Kentucky Clerk Protesting Same-Sex MarriageRyland BartonWith Clerk Kim Davis locked away in the Carter County Detention Center for continuing to defy a federal court’s order, a tenuous resolution has arrived in the Rowan County marriage license episode. Reluctantly, Rowan Clerk's Office To Resume Issuing Marriage Licenses Fridayhttp://wkms.org/post/reluctantly-rowan-clerks-office-resume-issuing-marriage-licenses-friday
51827 as http://wkms.orgFri, 04 Sep 2015 13:24:51 +0000Reluctantly, Rowan Clerk's Office To Resume Issuing Marriage Licenses FridayRyland BartonOn Friday, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an order from a federal court for her to resume issuing marriage licenses while a lawsuit against her from four local couples makes its way through court. Confused? Here Is Where The Rowan County Case Standshttp://wkms.org/post/confused-here-where-rowan-county-case-stands
51691 as http://wkms.orgMon, 31 Aug 2015 15:34:01 +0000Confused? Here Is Where The Rowan County Case StandsRyland BartonThe Kentucky County Clerks Association has proposed amending Kentucky law so that county clerks don’t have to sign marriage licenses. The legislation is being crafted so that county clerks who oppose same-sex marriages would be exempted from signing off on them. Clerks Association Proposes Exempting Kentucky Clerks From Signing Marriage Licenseshttp://wkms.org/post/clerks-association-proposes-exempting-kentucky-clerks-signing-marriage-licenses
51563 as http://wkms.orgTue, 25 Aug 2015 20:57:29 +0000Clerks Association Proposes Exempting Kentucky Clerks From Signing Marriage LicensesRyland Barton A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to resume issuing marriage licenses. Judge Orders Rowan County Clerk To Resume Issuing Marriage Licenseshttp://wkms.org/post/judge-orders-rowan-county-clerk-resume-issuing-marriage-licenses
51296 as http://wkms.orgThu, 13 Aug 2015 12:59:24 +0000Judge Orders Rowan County Clerk To Resume Issuing Marriage LicensesAshley LopezKentuckians may be changing their minds—very slowly—when it comes to same sex marriage, a new poll suggests. 53 Percent of Kentuckians Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, Poll Sayshttp://wkms.org/post/53-percent-kentuckians-oppose-same-sex-marriage-poll-says
51089 as http://wkms.orgTue, 04 Aug 2015 13:19:47 +000053 Percent of Kentuckians Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, Poll SaysLisa Autry (KPR)Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will attend this year’s Fancy Farm political picnic. Beshear on Fancy Farm, Marriage Licenseshttp://wkms.org/post/beshear-fancy-farm-marriage-licenses
50893 as http://wkms.orgMon, 27 Jul 2015 13:29:37 +0000Beshear on Fancy Farm, Marriage LicensesNina TotenbergPeople have been lining up outside the U.S. Supreme Court for days hoping that they will be among the lucky ones to get a seat for Tuesday's historic arguments on gay marriage.As of now, gay marriage is legal in 36 states. By the end of this Supreme Court term, either same-sex couples will be able to wed in all 50 states, or gay marriage bans may be reinstituted in many of the states where they've previously been struck down.Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments focus on two questions: First, whether bans on gay marriage are constitutional; and second, if they are, whether those states with bans may refuse to recognize out-of-state gay marriages performed where they are legal.The court has scheduled an extraordinary 2 1/2 hours of argument and will make the audio available online later Tuesday.Four states — Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky — are defending their bans. They won their case in the lower court, and because other appeals courts threw out bans enacted in other states, theLegal Battle Over Gay Marriage Hits The Supreme Court Tuesdayhttp://wkms.org/post/legal-battle-over-gay-marriage-hits-supreme-court-tuesday
48825 as http://wkms.orgTue, 28 Apr 2015 11:33:12 +0000Legal Battle Over Gay Marriage Hits The Supreme Court TuesdayAshley Lopez Kentucky’s case before the Supreme Court started with a conversation between attorneys Shannon Fauver and Dawn Elliott. As they chatted in Fauver’s Louisville office, the U.S. Supreme Court was considering a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a piece of legislation that was an obstacle to same-sex marriage being made legal in the U.S. How Lawsuits Against Kentucky’s Gay Marriage Ban Reached the US Supreme Courthttp://wkms.org/post/how-lawsuits-against-kentucky-s-gay-marriage-ban-reached-us-supreme-court
48794 as http://wkms.orgMon, 27 Apr 2015 12:18:33 +0000How Lawsuits Against Kentucky’s Gay Marriage Ban Reached the US Supreme CourtNina TotenbergThe U.S. Supreme Court hears legal arguments next week in the legal battle over same-sex marriage. It's an extraordinarily high-stakes clash, but the men and women at the center of it see themselves as incredibly ordinary. The 12 couples and two widowers include doctors, lawyers, an Army sergeant, nurses and teachers.Most have children and lead the typically harried lives of working parents. They say they didn't set out to be pioneers. They consider themselves "accidental activists," meaning they filed lawsuits not to further a cause but because of the way the bans affected their lives.In Michigan, for example, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, both nurses, have four adopted children, two of them with disabilities. As April puts it, they didn't plan to challenge the state's marriage law."We have a marriage," she says. "We just don't have a piece of paper that legally binds us to each other."Because Michigan will not allow a same-sex couple to adopt, but will let a single person adopt,Meet The 'Accidental Activists' Of The Supreme Court's Same-Sex-Marriage Case http://wkms.org/post/meet-accidental-activists-supreme-courts-same-sex-marriage-case
48653 as http://wkms.orgMon, 20 Apr 2015 21:06:00 +0000Meet The 'Accidental Activists' Of The Supreme Court's Same-Sex-Marriage Case Ashley LopezPublic opinion will flip in favor of same-sex marriage—though it will take time to happen, an attorney who helped lead the legal fight against Californias anti-same-sex union law Proposition 8 said in Louisville this week.This month, the Bluegrass Poll found opposition to same-sex marriage has grown in Kentucky from 50 percent to 57 percent since last summer.Speaking at a forum with University of Louisville law students on Tuesday, attorney David Boies said other states have set an example of how acceptance of same-sex marriage will play out in the U.S.“You have marriage equality now in Florida, in Virginia, in the Carolinas, and Utah, Boies said. I mean, these were states were people said marriage equality will never work, people will be up in arms, the sky will be falling.Well what happened? Well, nothing happened except everyone got to marry the person they love.”Boies was in Louisville this week to part in the Kentucky Author Forum, during which he was interviewed by Jeffrey ToobinProp 8 Attorney David Boies: Support For Same-Sex Marriage Will Grow in Kentucky and Elsewherehttp://wkms.org/post/prop-8-attorney-david-boies-support-same-sex-marriage-will-grow-kentucky-and-elsewhere
48062 as http://wkms.orgWed, 25 Mar 2015 18:13:10 +0000Prop 8 Attorney David Boies: Support For Same-Sex Marriage Will Grow in Kentucky and ElsewhereAshley LopezNew polling shows opposition to same sex marriage is growing among Kentucky voters. According to the most recent Bluegrass Poll, 57 percent of the registered voters surveyed earlier this month said they don’t support same sex marriage. That’s compared to 50 percent last summer. Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling, More Kentuckians Oppose Gay Marriagehttp://wkms.org/post/ahead-supreme-court-ruling-more-kentuckians-oppose-gay-marriage
47871 as http://wkms.orgTue, 17 Mar 2015 11:09:12 +0000Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling, More Kentuckians Oppose Gay Marriage